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Cell phones still in prisons after zero tolerance contraband policy

The Austin Statesman's Mike Ward reports that the state prison system's crackdown on cell phones and contraband have continued after a lockdown last fall supposedly began an era of "zero tolerance" ("Cell phone smuggling continues," Jan. 26):More than 200 cell phones have been confiscated in state prison cellblocks since a system-wide shakedown for contraband ended in November, almost twice as many as were seized during the lockdown. Eight of the phones were seized from death row, where the crackdown started after a condemned two-time murderer called ? and then threatened to kill ? a powerful state senator. ?We?ve got some hard questions to ask about the zero-tolerance policy they supposedly put into effect,? said Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 26, 2009 (boomark / email).